1. وحوراء غدت باللح

    ظ للعشاق قتاله

    And a dark-eyed beauty became, by her glance,

    a slayer of lovers.

  2. فكم من قائلٍ حين

    رآها وهي مختاله

    And how many a man has said, when

    he saw her strutting proudly:

  3. أفي أجفانها المرضى

    من القاررة شبا له

    “Is there within her languid eyelids

    Shabbāla of al-Qāra?”

  4. بدت ما بين أترابٍ

    لها كالبدر في الهاله

    She appeared among companions

    of her own age, like the full moon within its halo.

  5. عليها من ثياب الصو

    ن ما تسحب أذياله

    She wears garments of chastity

    whose hems she lets trail.

  6. أيا ظبية بطن الخي

    ف ضيف رام إنزاله

    O gazelle of the hollow of al-Khayf,

    a guest has sought to be lodged.

  7. قراه قبلة فالبي

    ن قد قرب أحماله

    His welcome is a kiss, for parting

    has already brought its loads near.

  8. فكلم لاحٍ على حبي

    ك لم أصغ لما قاله

    And many a reprover of my love for

    you—I paid no heed to what he said.

  9. ومن سنة من يعش

    ق أن يعصي عذاله

    And it is the custom of one who loves

    to disobey his reprovers.